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We have been providing students with the opportunities presented by a first-class education for over 180 years. With over 500 courses to choose from delivered across our 18 Schools and Institutes, the University of Wolverhampton's attractive offering to students from around the world includes 96% graduate employability (Destination of Leavers of Higher Education survey 2016), teaching informed by world-leading research, strong business links, and state-of-the-art facilities. The roots of the University of Wolverhampton lie in the 19th-century growth of Mechanics Institutes, which provided vocational and general education for working men. The Wolverhampton Free Library also developed technical, scientific, commercial, and general classes. Teaching first began in 1851 at the School of Art, and the study of art became a key focus – with new buildings and a new name for the Municipal School of Art in 1885. By 1903, an educational foundation had firmly been established with over 1,300 students studying courses, including coach building, house painting, and pattern making. In 1905, the first student scholarships were awarded. As student numbers continued to grow, expansion became necessary. In 1920, the original Deanery House was demolished, making way for the iconic Wulfruna building you see today in Wulfruna Street. HRH Prince George laid the foundation stone in 1932, and in 1933 the Wolverhampton and Staffordshire Technical College was born. With further education traditionally accessible only to the wealthy, the College vowed to ensure that even the most underprivileged men and women would have the opportunity to study a higher education – an ethos nurtured and sustained to the present day. Courses included science and engineering. With the creation of a Women's Department, over a third of the College's students were women, bucking the traditional all-male trend typical of higher education establishments. The research was also on the increase, with the College welcoming graduates from universities as honorary members. The post-war 'boom' in education led to a growing demand for a variety of subject areas. In 1945, a music department opened, enrolling an unprecedented 135 students in the first year. In 1957, the College was awarded one of the earliest digital computers in the UK. Renamed WITCH – Wolverhampton Instrument for Teaching Computation from Harwell – it was the first computer ever to be used at the College and remained a central teaching tool until 1973. By 1966, with student numbers at over 6,000, the College began to provide Bachelor's degrees with options in English, Geography, History, Music, Economics, and Computer Technology, and the first-ever degree ceremony was held. Nearby, at Walsall, a new West Midlands College of Education was created in 1963. The College was linked to the Walsall local education authority but had a governing body nominated by a local authorities cluster. It quickly expanded from its first four-story teaching block and student residences to a site with a substantial number of buildings, including a study block, library, hostels, refectory, physical education facilities and music center, and over 1,000 teacher trainees by the early 1970s. On 1 September 1969, the College was officially designated a Polytechnic. Comprising five Faculties: Applied Science, Art and Design, Arts, Engineering, and Social Sciences, a further Faculty of Education was established in 1977. The seventies also saw Wolverhampton develop into a truly international community with students from Iran, Malaysia, and Nigeria, and the delivery of Wolverhampton courses internationally beginning to flourish. In 1983, a second Royal visit from HRH The Duke of Kent, officially opened Wolverhampton Polytechnic as a stage VIII Polytechnic institution. This was followed by a period of rapid expansion over the next ten years. A merger with the West Midlands College of Education in 1991 led to creating what is now Walsall Campus, and further mergers with Teacher Training Colleges in Wolverhampton and Dudley led to the construction of an ambitious third campus in Telford. In 1992, Wolverhampton Polytechnic was granted university status and became the University of Wolverhampton. Today our four Faculties offer courses in over 70 different subjects, and over 4,000 students graduate from Wolverhampton each year. We continue to invest in our students, staff, alumni, and the local and international community. We have invested more than £125 million in on-campus developments and teaching facilities, including £50 million on improving our facilities at Walsall Campus, the innovative Performance Hub new and refurbished Students' Unions, and further modernization of our Learning Centres. ‌‌Our Access and Outreach teams are based both in academic faculties and within the Dean of Students' Office. These teams work closely together to ensure that your school or college's subject-specific and general access and outreach needs are met. Whether it is a single subject talk, presentation, or a more complex day involving diffemore complicateddelivered by a number of Faculties, our teamsseveralle to meet your students' needs. The Office of the Dean of Students focuses on long-term engagement with schools and colleges, including children in primary schools and young people from care backgrounds who are under-represented within higher education. Using a clear 'progression framework, our long-term approach' enables us to help build the self-confidence of learners over a more extended period and work carefully to increase their motivation to learn, achieve, and progress. The links below will direct you to all the information you need relating to either generic or faculty provision for the age group specified. Our Teacher networks are currently being developed by our faculties to enable you to share good practice and find out how Outreach can assist with your curriculum delivery and enrichment. View full university